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THE DAILY NEHRASKAN
SUNDAY, MARCH 22; 1931.
The Daily Nebraskan
Station A. Lincoln, Nebraska
""OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
" UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
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THIRTIETH YEAR
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AaaacUtiom.
The Joys
Of Talking.
Everyone enjoys talking, borne students en
joy talking about the weather, some about
adventure, some about fashions, a few about
educational problems. Some, too, enjoy talk
ing about a student union building.
Singing is another big help. So is writing
and printing oodles of copy about the wonder
ful advantages and facilities offered by such
a building.
However, such methods of forwarding' a
campaign to actually secure a building could
well be replaced with a little more direct ac
tion. Someone or other said, "The student union
project is hardly more than a dream as yet."
It will never be more than that unless the Inno
cents start the fireworks of a direct cam
paign for funds.
First, some thought must be given to organi
zation. As Jong as talking is such fun, why
not talk about three points:
What is to be done with the money? A
trust fund? Then who will act as trustee?
Who is to solicit whom for how much ?
Can everyone on the campus be reached by
the campaign, or will it be a haphazard affair?
Can students be expected to contribute cold
cash to a "dream castle?"
If not, then what is the structure to con
tain? What will the plans look like" Why
not have them drawn up? Faculty members or
alumni might do this much, free of charge.
Where will the building be placed? Nothing
definite on this as yet
Will the regents donate the land? Why not
definitely ask them?
How much money is necessary to build the
first unit (or two) of the structure? What
will first unit or two contain? What organiza
tions will be given space in the structure? This
might help in the drive for contributions from
those organizations.
Will the faculty members have clubrooms in
the building? This might help in the drive
for faculty subscriptions.
Will any religious organizations be given
space? If so, how many and which ones?
What regulations will apply to the building?
Will it be a university building, in the legal
sense of the term, with the resultant restric
tions, or will it be a separate student building?
In the latter case, could students make their
own rules for the structure? This is more im
porlant than it sounds. It may affect the
"selling arguments" greatly.
What are the definite "selling arguments,"
aside from the "wonderful advantages" of
fered (in a general, vague way) by a student
union ?
If anyone on the campus can settle all these
-Ufs1ions, the success of the campaign is as
sured. If the Innocents will begin consider
ing a few, with an eye to answering them def
initely and specifically, the campaign will be
getting under way. Playing around with the
projoet has done no harm and some good, but
a little hard work is next in order.
Or, if i he Innocents have been toying with
the idea-for 1 lie fun there is iu it. will they
grant that the lime for work has come, and
turn it over to some other student organiza
tion? They must do one thing or the other, else
the student union will die in gloriously, as
every other constructive project has done for
the past decades upon the Nebraska
campus.-
Fiery
And Snordish.
Studeflts complain about methods used by
"Fire and Sword" investigators. Chancellor
refers reporter to Finance Secretary, who re
fers reporter 1o Dean of Men, who has no one
else to refer him to.
l-V: issues of thejibelous publication were
circulated last year. Nothing was done about
organizing any investigation, although many
faculty members were violently attacked in
the several pages.
The thing is being badly overplayed- Best
way to combat such a publication is to do
nothing about it, and say nothing. Such were
the weapons with which the administration
battled last year, and quite effective ones, too.
This year, because the publication hap
pened to mention the legislature, an intense,
public effort is being made to apprehend the'
authorsr Detective, imported for the occasion,
is sleuthing here and there, and may discover
something. If he does, further consideration
of the proposition may floor the administra
tion fot-the count.
For the publication is libelous, but the state
rannot -prosecute. Someone attacked in the
paper ilust bring the action. Who! For who
ever brings, the action will bring, with it, great
publicity for the uncomplimentary remarks
made about him. . . Well?
Weaker
In What
We received a letter from Dr. Inez Philbrick.
It said, "In an item regarding a women's de
bate, you referred to women as the 'weaker'
s.x. Weaker in what? Please explain." Dr.
J nes Philbrick, we may as well inform you, is
medical examiner for women students. She
should know what she is talking about.
Of course, someone used the unfortunate
term because it is a commonly used phrase.
That is all.
However, we tried to dig up a few reasons.
Wc aim to satisfy.
A vote of the slaff revealed the following
"Weaker in whats."
Will power, 3 votes.
General ability, 4 votes.
Temperament, 3 votes.
Good judgment, 1 vote.
Thrift, .10 votes. (Thrift for the men,
maybe.)
Mentality, or general intelligence, 6 votes.
Incidentally, a few "Stronger in whats"
were also mentioned, to wit :
Argumentation, 9 votes.
Persuasiveness, 7 otos.
Aggressiveness, 6 votes.
Temperance, 1 vote.
Tact, A votes.
Modesty, 1 vote.
As a matter of policy, we arc now labeling
our comments as either "Frivolous" or "Se
rious." This one is "Frivolous." Having lab
eled it, we refuse to rise and bow gracefully
if someone boils over.
Aha! Spring!
Ivy day last year saw an admirable parade
of ballet dancers jterform one of Ihese May
Pole skits. We hope sincerely, if the same Port
of program is to be staged again this spring,
tryouts will le held ad that somebody will
practice.
Need we say more?
Dear Plato: Will vou olease exnlain that
system of spending two dollars when you only
have one: We are very nuicn interested in an
devices of that nature. Thanks. ED.
Believing that cotinued comment on anti
smoking legislation is out of place in these col
unras, we are printing none, and will print
none. Thank you.
Innocents stage a '"Union Building Sere
nade." Now if someone will just pay the
piper. . .
To '-K. L. II." We are withholding your con
tribution, for reasons of iolicy. Come down
and see us some afternoon. Incidentally, you
should have seen the flock of letters we re
ceived (and did not print), contradicting your
opinion. . .
MORNING MAIL
Re Fire and Steord.
TO THE EDITOR :
Here is a bit of verse describing the latest
literary developments on our campus. It was
penned by John de Meun 700 years ago. Too
often our journalistic friends overlook the
power of poetry.
"The University till then
Had been asleep, but roused it when
This blasphemy assailed its ears,
Wakened, at once by wrath and fears,
Straightway, its arms and armour dight.
It sallied forth with will to fight
This hydra, and deliver o'er
The book to judgment: but before
It could with the dread monster close,
The knaves, from out whose brain it rose,
Secured and hid it suddenly,
For well they knew that ne'er could be
Sustained, the lies and follies writ
Therein. What since became of it,
None know, for those of whom t'was born
Have hid it until time be worn,
Hoping, perchance, some future day,
Its blasphemies to gloze away."
This is being submitted to The Nebraskan
w ithout the permission of the author. He died
some seven centuries ago. G. If.
The Fire Hundred' Club.
TO THE EDITOR:
Some few weeks ago the senior class held
a convocation, the prime purpose of which was
to discuss the possibilities of a student union
building; to discover, if possible, the ways and
means of raising the money to construct the
building: and if possible, to arouse interest in
such a project in the underclassmen.
At this meeting. Anton Jensen introduced
some little spirit into the convocation. He
promised, if he could get the answers to some
20 questions that he wished to ask. he would
match Ray Ramsay's certified check for $500.
Ramsay told him to ask his questions, and
they would be answered.
To date, Jensen's questions have not been
asked. That is too bad. For if they were
asked, the student union building fund might
have an extra $500 to its credit. Is it possible
that Mr. Jensen is not as imbued with Ne
braska spirit as he would have us believe? If
Jensen would ask his questions, I believe that
it would greatly stimulate the interest in this
project, which just at present seems to be
waning. ICONOCLAST.
College Comment
' Universitie Revamped.
"Houses," quadrangles, masters, and
"communal life" are rapidly becoming the
fashion in American universities.
Not quite pleased with the good old system
of fraternities and rooming houses, Harvard,
Chicago and Yale are making startling inno
vations in living arrangement for their stu
dents. They plan to group students in glori
fied dormitories where 'they may live, work,
and cat together,. nud.luljiiaitailx;coine.'.tntO
closer contact with' iuai&'frfi.Titl.lnX.fJiculty'. "
Edward I Iarkm'S8,'.6iVoV.1niT .Tale's famed
llnrkness Memorial quadrangle, was following
a style set by Princeton when he offered Yale
several millions if it would divide its under
graduate body into smaller groups. This offer
was scornfully rejected by the college, which
emphatically declared that it did not want any
such disruption of Ynle traditions.
Mr. Harkness then turned , Jo r.llarvard,.
which, somewhat more wisely; than," Yale, acn.
ceptcd his proposition," although .TJluT. without
opposition from student publientloVis: During
the past year Harvard Ins been using 1 he gift
to remodel some of its existing dormitories,
adding dining halls, masters' rooms, and small
libraries. In ihe coming spring and summer it
plans to build three new quadrangles.
Chicago, not to be outdone, has announced
the adoption of a similar scheme, and now
Yale, too, has fallen into line, and agreed to
eleven residential . " colleges. ' '
, 'Strange .as it nay appear to the innovators,
who seem to believe that they are following
the English .system as exemplified by Oxford
and Cambridge, the new arrangement does
not correspond to the. English one, in which
the colleges hold the balance of power. And
there is no reason why it. should. It resem
bles more than anything else the situation now
existent in hundreds of small colleges all over
the United States, where the students eat in
common dining halls and maintain intimate
relationships .with members of the faculty who
reside with them in dormitories.
" What Ihe new plan really means is that the
birge colleges in the universities concerned are
to be given the advantages long enjoyed by
students in smaller institutions, such as Haver
ford or Swarthmore, which have always made
much of the fact that their student body is
more homogeneous than those in the larger
universities. Daily Kansan.
COLORADO-HUSKER
DEBATE WILL BE
RADIO BROADCAST
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panted by D. Mack Easton, who
Is at the head of the public speak
ing department at that university.
Both of the team members are
active on the campus and have
seen previous service on the de
bate squad. John Carlson, of
Greeley, is a junior in the arts
and science college, and is In his
econd year of varsity debate.
He is an honor student, a mem
ber of the sophomore and junior
honor societies, and belongs to
Adelphi, campus debate organiza
tion. Carlson is affiliated with
Phi Gamma Delta.
Charles S. Maddock, of Denver,
is the present manager of debate,
having formerly taken part in in
tramural and varsity debate. He
is on the staff of the "Window,"
campus literary publication, and
of the "Coloradoan." college year
book. He is a past officer of
Adelphi and a member of Beta
Theta Pi.
Debate South Dakota.
The Nebraska ieam recently de
ated the free trade question with
the University of South Dakota
st Abraham Lincoln high school
in Council Bluffs. The Huskers
were represented by Ptak and
Ted R. Feidler. first year law stu
dent of Scottsbluff.
Another debate squad, consist
ing of Ted Feidler and Edwin J.
Faulkner, jr., upheld the affirma
tive side of the unemployment
insurance question against a team
of women from the University of
Wyoming, over KFAB Saturday.
The team was composed of Bertha
Ashley, a resident of Laramie,
Wyo.. and Dorothea Smith, a.
resident of Denver, Colo. Miss
Ashley is president of the Wyo
ming chapter of Psi Chi and a
member of Varsity Villagers. Miss
Smith is a member of Cap and
Gown and president of her soror
ity. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Both
girls are seniors. This was
the first time that an all-women
team has opposed the Huskers,
altho in a debate with Denver
university two years ago, a
woman was on each side.
The same combination upheld
the affirmative against Albiofl
recently. The question is stated,
"That the several states should
enact legislation providing for
compulsorv unemployment insur
ance to which the employer shall
be required to contribute.
CREDIT MAY BE HAD
FOR OUTSIDE WORK
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credit hour desired. The commit
tee on advanced standing shall
then appoint a special examining
committee of at least three mem
bers irom the faculty for each de
partment affected, of which com
mittee the chairman of the de
partment will be the chairman,
and of w hich at least one member
shall be an instructor in charge of
the course upon which the credit
is. sought.
To Have Oral Exam.
The evidence submitted as a
part of the application for the ex
amination may be considered a
portion of the examination, but in
any event there shall be a com
prehensive written examination.
There may be an oral examination
which will be held under the sup
ervision of the university examiner
and all tests shall be filed in his
office for two years, open to pub
lic inspection. Both oral and
written examination shall be ap
proved by a majority of the mem
bers of the examining committee.
Credit may be withheld until vali
dated by advanced work on the
depaitment before being reported
to the committee on advanced
standing for final approval. -
"2i No credit shall be ex
pressed and recorded in terms of
specific courses offered in the de
partments concerned, based upon
fair equivalents.
"1 3 1 The examination must be
taken before Any course is carried
in advance of the one upon which
the examination is to be taken."
The senate meeting also adopted
the report on the committee on
fellowship and assistantships.
SENATORS PASS ANTI
,. SMOKING BILL 24. 7
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vote, said that he agreed with
what Reed had said.
Senator Rodman of Omaha, con
sistent opponent of the bill, said
that it was unworkable, unen
forceable, and the type of legisla
tion which breeds contempt for
the law. He said the matter should
be regulated by school discipline
and not by law.
The bill as it goes to the house
reads:
"Section 1. It shall be unlawful
for any person to smoke cigarets,
pipes or tobacco in any of its form,
in any building owned or operated
by the University of Nebraska or
state normal schools, or in dormi
tories leased or owned for school
purposes or In any public or high
school building or appurtenances
thereto in this state."
Section 2 provided a fine of not
less than $25 or more than $100
for violators and classes the viola
tion of the provisions as a misde
meanor. The exact scope of the bill is ap
parently in doubt with some of
those interested claiming that the
measure violates the constitutional
provision that a bill shall not be
broader than the title. The title of
the bill calls it "An act relating
to schools," while the wording in
the body of the bill makes it apply
only to the university and normal
schools and "public or high
schools." The working of the body
of the bill would not seem to be
construed to apply to parochial or
private schools which the title cov
ers ail schools.
The exact meaning of the word
"appurtenance" has also come up
for considerable discussion. Opin
ion is divided as to whether the
bill may be construed to apply to
the stadium which was built by
private subscription, but is oper
ated by the university. Whether
or not "appurtenance" may be in
terpreted to mean grounds when
not specifically stated in the bill is
also debated.
The UNITARIAN CHURCH
Twelfth and H Streets
"The Church Without
a Creed"
Subject, March 22 "The Mean
ing of History."
ENGINEER ALUMNUS VISITS.
H. M. Flshwood of Dawson vis.,
ited Prof. Clark Mickey of the de
partment of civil engineering last
week. Mr. Klshwood is a graduate
of the university.
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pleased to
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